02-05-2021
Israelis Shopping Before Third Lockdown in Israel
JERUSALEM, Israel – Israeli leaders voted early Friday morning to extend Israel’s nationwide lockdown to Sunday morning and then begin gradually lifting restrictions on the public.
After tense overnight discussions, Israel’s cabinet decided to start easing restrictions starting at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Nature reserves, national parks, and heritage sites will open and businesses that do not receive the public will be allowed to resume operation. Bed-and-breakfasts may open for nuclear families.
Restrictions on movement will be lifted and Israelis will no longer be prohibited from venturing more than 1,000 meters from their homes.
Israelis tire of shutdown, vow to open businesses regardless of gov’t decision
Major shopping center chains promise to open regardless of whether lockdown extended or not; restaurants, other smaller businesses indicate they too will decide for themselves how to act next week
The Media Line |
Published: 02.04.21 , 12:17
Amid a frustratingly steady number of new infections and serious cases, the government announced Wednesday evening that it had indefinitely postponed a meeting that will determine whether to extend the nationwide shutdown imposed for the past five weeks.
Unlike previous closures, the current one is not unanimously supported by all coalition members, with some claiming the public’s refusal to follow instructions, after months of on-again, off-again limitations, makes the ongoing shutdown untenable.
Israel’s Foundering Labor Party Sets Off On New Path Uri Cohen 01/24/2021
March elections could spell death for one of the country’s most established political parties, which has elected Merav Michaeli as its new head.
One of the nation’s most well-known and established parties, which in recent years has suffered unparalleled turmoil, held its primary elections, hoping to infuse new blood in the aging political body.
The Labor party and its forerunners, which in the years leading up to Israel’s inception and for decades after its formation ruled the country nearly single handedly, on Sunday elected a new chairwoman, Knesset lawmaker Merav Michaeli, who promises to revive the movement.